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Originally Posted by NatalieJastrow
But do you want to? I have come to conclude I don't. I will be G*** D*** if my life becomes something I don't want it to be because other people are jerks.
That isn't to say I haven't tightened up... my boundaries... my boss has temporary employees and I used to be friendly with them... but I realized... due to their temporary nature, I gave and gave and gave and NEVER saw them again once they left. So now they only get the absolute minimum. More punching bag, my boss dislikes this. He acts like there is something wrong with ME.
I had a co worker who used me but due to the pandemic... I haven't talked to her. I am sure she is upset but I am glad the friendship has been stopped by it.
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I agree. I made up my mind that I wasn't going to let it keep going, but I was hit with a LOT of hostility when I tried to stop it. If I had done something when it first started, you know, like, grabbing her bottom lip and pulling it up over her head, it would not have been any easier, but it would have made sense to people if I had been more aggressive, gone to all the events she went to and tell people she's a liar. I would have posted everything, which would have gotten me in trouble, but I can handle that. I should have gone to the same extremes she did.
Live and learn.